Social Sciences: Recent submissions

  • The Changing Terms of Trade in the Small Farming Sector in Sri Lanka: Special Reference to Paddy and Vegetable Cultivation 
    Henegedara, G.M. (Reviewing International Encounters 2015, Research Center for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)
    Decline farm output prices relative to the prices of farm inputs and consumer food items become a core factor of the dropping farm income of small farmers in Sri Lanka, particularly in paddy and vegetable cultivation. ...
  • Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka: Targeting Evidence of Mistargeting in Samurdihi Programme 
    Nadeeka Damayanthi, M.K. (Reviewing International Encounters 2015, Research Center for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)
    The SamurdhiPrograme has been implementing as a major poverty alleviation programme of the government of Sri Lanka since 1995. This paper examines why targeting errors occur in safety-net and livelihood development components ...
  • Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Assessing the Evidence from Sri Lanka 
    Dissanayaka, D.M.A. (Reviewing International Encounters 2015, Research Center for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)
    This study attempts to shed light into the empirical relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Sri Lanka (1981-2012) employing the vector error – correction model estimation (VECM). The vector specification ...
  • Women Entrepreneurship in Post conflict Societies: Reference to Trincomalee District, Sri Lanka 
    Gamage, B.N. (Reviewing International Encounters 2015, Research Center for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)
    The main purpose of this research is to contribute knowledge about women entrepreneurs in war ridden areas with special focus on North-East province. This research intends to analyze women entrepreneurs‟ business orientation, ...
  • Impact of Socio-economic Changes on Demographic Transition in Sri Lanka 
    Anulawathie Menike, H.R. (Reviewing International Encounters 2015, Research Center for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)
    There is a reciprocal relationship between population growth and economic development. Although many socio-economic indicators affected to change the population growth rate, the health and education indicators have observed ...
  • The regional expansion of vintage motor cars imported to Sri Lanka in the latter part of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century 
    Wijesuriya, D. (Reviewing International Encounters 2015, Research Center for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)
    The latter part of the19th century could be considered as the beginning of considerable changes, taken place within Sri Lankan history. An import export economy came into being where the then economy which was mainly based ...
  • Ajanta and Sigiriya: A comparative study into mural paintings 
    Manatunga, A. (Reviewing International Encounters 2015, Research Center for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)
    Ajanta paintings have often been compared with that of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka. The contemporariness of both paintings, their elegance, excellent preservation and some stylistic similarities are the factors behind this ...
  • Power of Hallyu: Change in Sri Lankan Perception towards South Korea 
    Fernando, A. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    “Hallyu” or the Korean Wave refers to the surge in the international visibility of Korean culture, beginning in East Asia in the 1990s and continuing more recently in Asia, the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, ...
  • The movement of Equality: the Gay Rights Movement as a social movement in the United States 
    Kulasekara, N. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Lesbian, gay bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) individuals as a demographic group remained largely silent and unseen in American culture until after the Second World War. Prior to the World Wars, many gay and lesbian ...
  • The role of India and Pakistan on Escalation of Kashmir conflict 
    Welhenage, S.M. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Kashmir conflict is a serious conflict happened in International system. India and Pakistan got freedom from British Colonialism in 1947. The problem was about 650 princely states controlled by different individuals. Kashmir ...
  • International Humanitarian Law in Civil Wars: A Case Study on Sri Lanka 
    Gabadage, D.S.S. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The ideology of “war” is a realm that we experience since the very beginning of our civilization. It has developed for years by taking into account the needs, interests, developments and changing behaviours of people. ...
  • The Failure of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 
    Fernando, W.H.R. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty came into effect in 1970 and it is considered as the successor of many non-proliferation treaties implemented since 1945. Although the Non-Proliferation Treaty has been able to prevent ...
  • The Involvement of Domestic Lobbying Groups and the Congress behind the US Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement 
    Ekanayake, E.M.S.D. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Climate change is a dubious matter of concern worldwide. There had been drafted vast numbers of climate change agreements since 1990 in climate governance fora, yet these agreements were unsuccessful in trapping the global ...
  • South Asian Regionalism need to be Reinvigorate; A Study on SAARC 
    Jayasinghe, N.D. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Regionalism is one of the prominent phenomenon in modern International politics. Focusing to the South Asian region, South Asia is the world’s most densely populated region with the richest varieties of natural resources ...
  • Socio-Economic Impact of Immigration on Australia 
    Wanigathunga, W.E. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    At present Australia is the comfortable address to migrants. After the post Second World War period Australian government had a desire to increase their population and they started the migration programme. Before 200 years ...
  • The Socio-economic Impacts of Refugee Migration in Germany: Special Reference to 2015-2018 
    Silva, D.I.U. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Refugee migration is an important disputable factor in the world which occurs due to various severe situations such as war, violence and persecution. Germany hosts refugees not only in the past time periods but also ...
  • Impact of the US Interventionism in Afghanistan and Syria 
    Madubashini, W. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Interventionism policy can be identified as a strategic foreign policy doctrine. In some cases, it appears as the way of the development process as well as it may appear as the way to interfere in the internal affairs of ...
  • China's String of Pearls Strategy and Sri Lankan Economy after 2009 
    Wageesha, K.K.G.L. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    China and Sri Lanka have extensive historical links, initially religious and cultural, and later also economic. The strategic location of Sri Lanka, between key shipping lanes and so-called ‘String of Pearls Strategy’, ...
  • Significance of India’s LGBT Rights Movement on Its Society 
    Bulegoda Arachchi, S.T. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights have emphasized and recognized as a significant issue in contemporary world. This is a controversial phenomenon; one of the most fundamental LGBT rights, for example, ...
  • US Strategic Partnership with Japan and South Korea: Its Challenges for China 
    Hettiarachchi, R.G. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The world is an entity filled with various power behavior of states. Within that entity, the United States’ dominance is visible worldwide. In this unipolar world with the United States, the rise of China tries to embrace ...

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